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In 1894, there was a prediction that every street in London would be covered in 9 ft of manure within 50 years. This prediction was based on population growth and the number of horses required to get these people around London.

The beauty about these predictions---none of them will be accurate aside from general population numbers--and even that will take some luck. Go back in history, pick anytime you like, and bring up all the predictions about the next twenty, thirty years--none have even been remotely accurate. The fact that BI thinks this is a story speaks to the interns they have running the place. This is really Henry's Enquirer that we read waiting for other sites to update. Henry makes his money on page views not on content. Just like the old days!